Navigate Trial featured on Channel 7 ‘House of Wellness”

Professor Penny Schofield, Head of Behavioural Science at Peter Mac and consumer advocate Alan White appeared on Channel 7’s “House of Wellness” to coincide with Father’s Day and Prostate Cancer Awareness month. Alan and his wife, Fiona, talk about life after prostate cancer; surgery to remove the cancer and potential side effects including erectile dysfunction, urinary and bowel incontinence. Penny explains the diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer and the challenges of treatment decision-making. PSA blood testing, Digital Rectal Examination (DRE) and signs and symptoms of prostate cancer are discussed.

Category: Navigate Trial

Overcoming Prostate Cancer: A survivor & his wife tell their story | Prostate cancer nurse expert advice | Podcast Interview Part 1

Listen to the 1st part of a Gippsland FM radio interview by Les Hunt who talks with Alan White, prostate cancer survivor. Alan shares his personal experience of being diagnosed with low risk – then later – intermediate risk prostate cancer. Alan is candid about his treatment and the side-effects including the impact on sexual function; and the challenges he has overcome. Alan’s wife, Fiona, shares her experience about the impact of the diagnosis and decision making. Leanne Prosser, prostate cancer specialist nurse also offers her insight and advice.

Tag: Active Surveillance, intermediate-risk, Low-Risk, podcast, Prostate Cancer, prostatectomy, Radiotherapy, Surgery, Treatment, Treatment options

Category: Blog, Side Effects

Overcoming Prostate Cancer: A survivor & his wife tell their story | Prostate cancer nurse expert advice | Podcast Interview Part 2

Listen to the 2nd part of a Gippsland FM radio interview by Les Hunt who talks with Alan White, prostate cancer survivor. Alan shares his personal experience of being diagnosed with low risk – then later – intermediate risk prostate cancer. Alan is candid about his treatment and the side-effects including the impact on sexual function; and the challenges he has overcome. Alan’s wife, Fiona, shares her experience about the impact of the diagnosis and decision making. Leanne Prosser, prostate cancer specialist nurse also offers her insight and advice.

Tag: Active Surveillance, intermediate-risk, Low-Risk, podcast, Prostate Cancer, prostate cancer nurse, prostatectomy, Radiotherapy, Surgery, Treatment, Treatment options

Category: Blog, Side Effects

What is low-risk prostate cancer? Podcast Interview with Urologist, Mr Kevin Chu

Listen to urologist, Mr Kevin Chu talk about how prostate cancer is diagnosed, the tests involved and teasing out the differences in treatment pathways . Kevin is a train robotic surgeon with an interest in cancer and minimally invasive surgery.

Tag: Active Surveillance, Gleason score, grading, high-risk, intermediate-risk, Low-Risk, podcast, Prostate Cancer, Radiotherapy, staging, Surgery, Treatment, urologist

Category: Blog, Side Effects

Support for Gay Men with Prostate Cancer

Here we share a video from the Navigate trial website providing advice on seeking information and support for gay men diagnosed with prostate cancer.

Tag: Advice, Australia, Diagnosis, gay, Help, Information, Men, Navigate trial, Prostate Cancer, Support, Treatment

Category: Navigate Trial

Healthy Male | Andrology Australia supports Navigate Trial

A special thanks to Healthy Male (previously known as Andrology Australia) for raising awareness about Navigate in their national newsletter. Healthy Male is an Australian organisation that provides evidence-based, easy to understand information on male reproductive and sexual health. Healthy Male is supported by the Australian Government Department of Health.

Tag: andrology australia, healthy male, Information, Navigate trial, reproductive and sexual health, Support

Category: Navigate Trial

Raising Prostate Cancer Awareness in the Community

Our volunteer representative, Alan White, strives to improve the experience of men living with prostate cancer. Since his prostate cancer diagnosis in 2000, Alan’s passion is to raise awareness about prostate health. Here we share stories about Alan’s efforts to raise awareness about the Navigate Trial in the community.

Category: Navigate Trial

Prostate Cancer Grading and Staging | Explained by Australian Urologist Expert

Prostate cancer is the most common cancer affecting men in Australia. It is a cancer arising from the prostate gland which is located between the bladder and the penis, deep in the pelvis. Staging and grading is very important so doctors can ‘risk stratify’ men depending on whether their cancer is not very aggressive, aggressive or somewhere in between. So what do we mean by the terms Staging and Grading?…

Tag: Active Surveillance, Declan Murphy, Gleason score, grading, high-risk, intermediate-risk, Low-Risk, Prostate Cancer, Radiotherapy, staging, Surgery, Treatment, urologist

Category: Blog, Side Effects

Localised Prostate Cancer: To Treat or Not to Treat?

Men are distressed, confused and conflicted about the treatment options for early stage and non-aggressive prostate cancer. “Everybody’s got different ideas about it,” one man reported when talking about his diagnosis of localised, low risk prostate cancer…

Tag: Active Surveillance, Biopsy, Brachytherapy, curative treatment, early-stage, External beam radiotherapy, Localised prostate cancer, LRPC, management plan, Prostate Cancer, prostate specific antigen, prostatectomy, PSA blood test, radical treatment, Side-effects, urologist

Category: Navigate Trial

2019 Minister for Health Awards – Win for Navigate!

We are proud to announce our consumer representative, Alan White, received the prestigious award for Outstanding Achievement by a Volunteer: Improving Public Healthcare. This award was presented by The Hon. Jenny Mikakos MP, Minister for Health at the 2019 Minister for Health Volunteer Awards on 28th May 2019. Victoria’s health volunteers were honoured at the…

Tag: Alan White, Minister for Health, Navigate, Nomination, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Prostate Cancer, Public healthcare, Victoria, Volunteer awards

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Prostate Cancer Treatment Side-Effects – A Partners Perspective

Prostate cancer treatments may damage nerves and muscles near the prostate, bladder and bowel which can cause side-effects such as erection problems, urinary incontinence, a lowered sex drive and infertility. Here we share an extract from the Navigate trial website where four women talk about their experiences of supporting their partners through treatment and the…

Tag: Advice, Erectile dysfunction, erection, Intimacy, operation, Partner, Prostate Cancer, sex, Support, Surgery

Category: Blog, Side Effects

Navigate Trial in DVA ‘VETAFFAIRS’ National Newsletter

“Mature rather than ripe…I am not ready to be plucked from the vine just yet!”

Prof Ian Gardner, Department of Veteran’s Affairs Chief Medical Advisor, published a commentary article in the December 2019 national VETAFFAIRS newsletter about the Navigate Trial. Following this publication, our research team were inundated with calls from veterans who wanted to know more about their treatment options, the costs involved and to share their personal stories. For our research team, this is further testament why the Navigate Trial exists.

Tag: Australia, Localised, Low-Risk, Men, Navigate, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Veterans

Category: Localised Prostate Cancer, Low-risk Prostate Cancer, Media, Navigate Trial

Navigate Trial featured on Channel 7 ‘House of Wellness”

Overcoming Prostate Cancer: A survivor & his wife tell their story | Prostate cancer nurse expert advice | Podcast Interview Part 1

Overcoming Prostate Cancer: A survivor & his wife tell their story | Prostate cancer nurse expert advice | Podcast Interview Part 2

What is low-risk prostate cancer? Podcast Interview with Urologist, Mr Kevin Chu

Support for Gay Men with Prostate Cancer

Healthy Male | Andrology Australia supports Navigate Trial

Raising Prostate Cancer Awareness in the Community

Prostate Cancer Grading and Staging | Explained by Australian Urologist Expert

Localised Prostate Cancer: To Treat or Not to Treat?

2019 Minister for Health Awards – Win for Navigate!

Prostate Cancer Treatment Side-Effects – A Partners Perspective

Navigate Trial in DVA ‘VETAFFAIRS’ National Newsletter

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